The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States stayed the same this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday. The total rig count in the US stayed at 539, according to Baker Hughes, down 47 from this same time last year. The rig count is still near four-year lows. The number of oil rigs, however, rose by 1 for the second week in a row to 412, although year over year this represents a 71-rig decline. The number of gas rigs fell by 1 this week, coming in at 122 for a gain of 24 active gas rigs…

El ministro de Defensa de Colombia, general Pedro Sánchez, respaldó la decisión de Estados Unidos de desplegar tropas en el mar Caribe para perseguir a narcotraficantes latinoamericanos. La medida, confirmada por el secretario de Estado Marco Rubio, se enmarca en una estrategia para enfrentar ...

El presidente de la República, Nicolás Maduro, informó este martes los resultados del informe presentado por la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra la Droga y el Delito (UNODC), que confirma al país como territorio libre de cultivos ilícitos y procesamiento de cocaína desde hace 15 años....

15 de agosto de 2025.- El internacionalista William Serafino advirtió que América Latina ha retomado un papel central en la política exterior de Estados Unidos tras la llegada de Donald Trump a la presidencia, y se convierte nuevamente en un “elemento de ensayo” para sus estrategias imperialistas. ...

Erik Prince, fundador del ejército privado Blackwater y uno de los partidarios más destacados del presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, informó que su empresa de seguridad privada tiene un acuerdo por 10 años con Haití para luchar contra las bandas de crimen organizado y posteriormente asumir ...

Ukraine’s drone campaign against Russian energy assets has taken out another major target—this time Lukoil’s Volgograd refinery, one of the ten largest in the country, forcing a halt to crude intake. According to regional officials, Thursday’s strike sent falling debris onto oil product storage, sparking a fire that burned for 19 hours before being contained. The 300,000 bpd facility, a key supplier to southern Russia with some exports, has been hit multiple times this year. Lukoil has yet to comment. The attack comes amid…

Es 15 de agosto del año 2025. Es el día número 227 del año. Faltan 138 días para su terminación. Hoy es viernes. Las efemérides se refieren a sucesos, celebraciones o conmemoraciones significativas para un área del conocimiento, la cultura y las artes, la historia o la ciencia, ocurrid...

El cadáver de Ro'a Mashi, de dos años y medio, yacía sobre la mesa del Hospital Nasser de Gaza, con los brazos y la caja torácica esqueléticos y los ojos hundidos. Los médicos afirman que no tenía ninguna condición preexistente y que se fue consumiendo durante meses mientras su familia luchaba...

The UK government has decided against bailing out the country’s bioethanol plants, which have warned they would be forced to close without a rescue package as the U.S.-UK trade deal has made them unviable.  The trade deal from May removed a previous 19% tariff, which the UK imposed on imports of U.S. bioethanol. As a result, the UK-produced bioethanol has been unable to compete with the zero-tariff imported U.S. bioethanol.    Vivergo Fuels, the UK’s largest bioethanol plant, warned at the end of May that “if…

Oil markets have seen thin liquidity and rangebound prices this week, with ICE Brent hovering near $66 a barrel as traders focus almost entirely on the upcoming Trump–Putin meeting in Alaska. Friday, August 15, 2025Thin trading liquidity, rangebound price movements, and almost zero interest in any other topic than the Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska have marked this week, with ICE Brent still trading around the $66 per barrel mark. LNG prices have already shed some $0.50/MMBtu this week as gas traders seem to expect some semblance of a deal…

As Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump prepare to meet in Alaska for a high-stakes summit to discuss ending the 43-month-old war in Ukraine, a deep feeling of unease is gripping European capitals, especially Kyiv. The August 15 meeting between the two leaders, their first since Trump returned to the presidency in January, could reshape not only Ukraine's future borders but also European security without either Kyiv or Brussels having a say. Trump has made ending the conflict -- Europe's largest since World War II -- a…

Viernes, 15 de agosto de 2025. En el episodio de hoy, 11/08/2025, Inna Afinogenova, Estefanía Veloz y Marco Teruggi, analizan las recientes filtraciones de New York Times, que afirman que Donald Trump habría autorizado el uso de las fuerzas de EEUU en contra de las organizaciones que reconoce como ...

Algeria nears the finalization of agreements with U.S. supermajors Exxon and Chevron to explore and invest in its shale gas resources as the North African country bets big on boosting its gas pipeline and LNG exports, the head of the Algerian energy regulator told Bloomberg.  “The technical aspects have more or less been agreed upon, but the commercial alignment is still under negotiation and will soon be finalized,” Samir Bekhti, chairman of energy regulator Alnaft, told the newswire in an interview published on Friday. …

En el primer trimestre del año, la remesas sumaron US$3.130 millones, un crecimiento de 13% respecto al mismo período de 2024 (US$2.720 millones). Mientras que en el acumulado del primer semestre la cifra fue de US$6.400 millones, un 13,9% más.   Estos dato...

El presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva respondió a las críticas de su homólogo estadounidense Donald Trump, quien calificó a la nación suramericana como un “aliado comercial horrible”. El magnate republicano dijo que Estados Unidos (EE.UU.) enfrenta un déficit comercial con Brasil...

Numbers Report – August 15, 2025 In the latest edition of the Numbers Report, we will take a look at some of the most interesting figures put out this week in the energy and metals sectors. Each week we’ll dig into some data and provide a bit of explanation on what drives the numbers.  Let’s take a look.  ‘Bloated’ Markets Are Finally Coming, Warns the IEA  The International Energy Agency has sought to squash hopes for an oil market recovery with a scathingly bearish monthly report, cutting 2025-2026…

It Is Not Too Late To Benefit From A Potential Short Squeeze In Uranium I don’t claim to be a Roaring Kitty or anything, but short squeezes, having been profitable for me in the past, always interest me. So, when I was sent a link to this article by one of the editors here at Oilprice.com, I was intrigued. The piece, from Goehring and Rozencwajg Natural Resource Investors, is headlined “A Uranium Short Squeeze?”, and goes into some detail about why that might have been coming earlier this year. The gist of the story is that, in…

Oil prices fell by more than 1% early on Friday as the market awaits the outcome of the summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, who will discuss a potential ceasefire in Ukraine.  As of 9:37 a.m. EST on Friday, the U.S. benchmark oil price, WTI Crude, was down by 1.38% at $63.10, as President Trump departed for Anchorage, Alaska, to meet with Putin.  The international benchmark, Brent Crude, traded 1.18% lower at $66.07 per barrel.    The face-to-face meeting between President…

Light Crude Oil Futures settled at $63.96 as of Thursday’s close, marking a mild rebound but still reflecting broader weakness in market structure. The week was shaped by several high-impact fundamental events—none of which proved decisive enough to shift the balance away from oversupply and tepid demand. Traders were focused on Friday’s Trump-Putin meeting, but until concrete action disrupts physical flows, the dominant pressure remains rooted in inventories and production. Trump-Putin Meeting Raises Risk, But Market Demands…

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Now that Trump has gotten himself involved in numerous conflict venues, Venezuela’s Maduro is testing to see if he’ll have the bandwidth for another: Guyana, which is gearing up for its general elections on September 1. President Irfaan Ali’s PPP/C government is seeking a second term, with opposition alliances trying to consolidate ground. But overshadowing it all is Maduro’s escalating rhetoric over a Russian-style annexation of the Essequibo region, Guyana’s oil-rich western territory…